Highest paid sports in the world
Highest paid sports in the world– in the world right now they are over 800 sports activities that are being practiced.
Sometimes one imagines how hard it would have been for sportsmen and sportswomen to be involved in a sport that would recognize their efforts and at the same time reward their hard work with good money.
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This article will focus on some of the highest paying sport activities in the world as well as some of the most highly paid sports individuals in the world.
5 highest paid sports in the world in 2022
Ranking from the highest to the least in the top 10 includes the following sports.
Basketball
Basketball is the highest paid sport in the world, originating and being popular among the Americans it have grown to have gained so much global recognition and at the same time have produced multi-millionaires.
It’s famous tournament is hosted or organized by the national basketball association (NBA). The players are been paid huge salaries ranking in millions by their various teams and they also make huge amounts of money from endorsement deals and sponsorship deals.
Some of it’s highest players includes the following
- Stephen curry of Golden State warriors
- Russell Westbrook of Washington wizards
- Chris Paul of Phoenix Suns
- James harden of Brooklyn nets
- John wall of Huston rockets. Etc
Boxing
This is the second most highest paid sports in the world. Due to the high risk involved in this particular sports the art of self defense is not easy so what ever boxers earn they really do deserve it.
They are some notable and noble boxers that have made a huge success and enough money from the sports some of them include
- Floyd Mayweather jnr
- Mike Tyson
- Oscar Dela Hoya
- Carnelo Alverez
- Anthony Joshua etc
Auto Racing
Several racing events are being held annually such as Grand prix of formula1, NASCAR, Indianapolis etc. This sports is accompanied by high risk, high reward. With it’s most renowned driver Lewis Hamilton of Brit driver and F1 champion as the highest paid driver.
Other drivers following him includes
- Fernando Alonso
- Charles leclerc
- Sebastian vettel
- Daniel Ricciardo
- Valtteri Bottas. Etc
Golf
Golf takes the fourth place in the list. The club and ball sports makes the list with so many being in surprise. Reports from sportico.com reveals that top 10 golfers earners made an estimate of $300 million over the past 12 months with 29% of the money just coming from prize money. With the average salary of professional golfer estimated to be around $628,079.
The highest earner of the famous sport is Mr Tiger woods according to ford reports who earns a huge sum of $62 million annually.
American Football
American Football makes the list as one of the highest paid sports in the world. Considering the demanding nature of it’s league known as the national football league (NFL) many consider the salaries of the players befitting enough.
Reports from overthecap.com up to 32 professional players of the national football league earns an estimated amount of $20 million each per a season, with the sports highest earner Patrick Mahomes of Kansas city chiefs quarterback earning $45 million per season in average.
